Polish poetry
Polish poetry has a centuries-old history, similar to the Polish literature.- Marcin Bielski ; Polish historian, chronicler, writer and Renaissance satirical poet, first to use the Polish language, hence his designation as the father of Polish prose
- Mikołaj Rej ; first Polish author to write exclusively in the Polish language and described as a "father of Polish literature"
- Jan Kochanowski ; commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz
- ; royal secretary, poet and historian. He wrote in Polish and Latin. Son of Marcin Bielski.
- Adam Mickiewicz ; regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature and a "national poet" in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus
- Juliusz Słowacki ; regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature
- Zygmunt Krasiński ; regarded as one of the Three Bards of Polish Romantic literature
- Cyprian Norwid ; regarded as a "national poet" in Poland
- Maria Konopnicka
- Antoni Lange
- Adam Asnyk
- Bolesław Leśmian
- Jan Lechoń
- Julian Tuwim
- Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
- Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
- Czesław Miłosz ; Nike Award, Nobel Prize in Literature, Neustadt International Prize for Literature
- Wisława Szymborska ; Goethe Prize, Herder Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Order of the White Eagle
- Zbigniew Herbert
- Julia Hartwig
- Adam Zagajewski
